Home Events DSSS Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series (DSSS) DSSS - The (epi)genetics underlying biochemical plant-organismic interactions Date: May 11, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Claude Becker Genetics, LMU Munich Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - From DNA to ecosystems – the promise of metabarcoding biological archives for biodiversity monitoring Date: Jun 25, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Henrik Krehenwinkel Biogeography, Trier University Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Jul 2, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Janusz M. Bujnicki International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] 5th International Pristionchus Meeting Start: Jul 6, 2026 End: Jul 7, 2026 Speaker: Prof. Paul W. Sternberg Caltech Location: Max-Planck-Haus, Max-Planck-Ring 6, 72076 Tübingen [more] DSSS - tba Date: Jul 9, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Maria Barna Genetics Department, Stanford University Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Jul 16, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Daniel Cadena Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Jul 23, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Tanja Schwander Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - Pattern Recognition Receptor signalling: seeing and responding to danger Date: Jul 30, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Clare Bryant Professor of Innate Immunity, University of Cambridge, UK Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Sep 17, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Aurora Ruiz-Herrera Moreno UAB Barcelona Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Sep 24, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Laurie Comstock Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Oct 1, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Judith Berman Dept. of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Oct 8, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Liam Dolan ÖAW Austrian Academy of Sciences Location: MPI für Biologie, Max-Planck-Ring 5, room 0A01 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Oct 15, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sophie Martin Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Geneva Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Nov 12, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Cassandra Extavour Harvard University Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Nov 26, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Colin Brownlee Professor Emeritus, School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Southampton Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Dec 3, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christine Moissl-Eichinger Medical University of Graz, Austria Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Dec 10, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Lora Sweeney Institute of Science and Technology Austria Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Dec 17, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more]
